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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-12-23
Professional Physiognomies.

The professions also leave their traces
in the forms of the organs and in the fea-
lures. The bearing of the soldier, says
Nj. Mantegazza, lis precise, stiff and ener-
getic; that of the priest, supple and unct-
uous. The soldier even in civil life. shows
in his movements the habit Of obedience
and command; while the priest in a lay
dress wears the mark of the cassock and
the cloth, and his fingers seem all the
time to be blessing or absolving." So
many other professions may be recognized
by their attitudes. but there are limita-
tations in the matter; for physiognomy,
as NJ. Mantegazza says. 'cannot vet be
considered an exact science because we
do not yet know all the elements of the
problem. 1t has, nevertheless. its well
established general laws. We are not
likely to confound frank physiognomy
with tricky one, or an honest face with
the face of a debauchee or rascal. -
Reveu dies Deux Mondes.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-12-23
Facts Concerning Freight.

1t is singular fact that the total vol
ume of freight over the great trunk lines
of railway from the west has not in
creased since the year 1880. In that year
1t amounted to 1921, 1927 tons for the first
eight months of the year. For the same
period this year the freight has amounted
to 1921, $50 tons. The explanation of
the fact seems to be that farming in the
west has only extended in the same ratio
with the growth of towns and cities in
that direction, and that the latter con-
sumo the surplus of products that is
raised over the production of seven years
ago. The west has also embarked more
extensively in manufacturing, which in
creases the local business and supplies the
people with the surplus of goods, for
merry bought in the east, which they
now use over the amount required in
1881.
An interesting fact in this connection
is that the freight moving westward from
the great Atlantic cities in 1881 was GIL
O64 tons down to Sept. 1, while this
year, to the same date, it has been 21S,-
70S tons, and this is the first season when
the west bound tonnage has equaled that
of SS1.-Boston Budget.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-12-23

A writer calls attention to the Osprey"
plumes worn by English ladies, and tells
how they are procured
''The long plumes. misnamed osprey
by the dealers, are taken from the egrets
and smaller herons, who wear them for
short time only, during the nesting
season. These beautiful birds lreed gener-
ally in companies or 'rookeries, as they
are called, and one of the principal nesting
places was Florida.
$50 great, however, has been the de-
mand for osprey plumes, by the ladies of
Europe and America, that these heron
rookeries have been nearly destroyed by
professional gunners. As the long and
delicate feathers are only donned during
the breeding season, it is at this time of
the year that the massacres take place
around the nests.
Cannot anything be done. he asks,
TO stop such wicked Slaughter
"Nes, there can. The facts can be
driven home. But only good, rousing
sensationalism. and not arm chair agita-
ton. can do that. London journal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-12-23

The state of Kansas pays bounty of
two cents per pound on all sorghum
sugar manufactured within its limits.
This has led to an extraordinary increase
in sorghum growing. The Fort Scott
works, with improved vacuum pans. has
succeeded in getting 102 pounds of sugar
and twelve gallons of syrup from ton
of cane. As ten to fifteen tons of cane
may be grown on an acre. the state
bounty alone pays fair profit on cost of
growing. Sorghum seed makes a valu-
able feed for stock and is fair substi-
tute for buckwheat to make flour from
for griddle cakes. Thus the Kansas
farmer may get his bread and have it
sweetened from one plant besides re-
ceiving something from the state for his
enterprise. Boston Budget.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-12-23

There was on exhibition at the Texas
state fair large aerolite which was
found among the Comanche Indians bv
State Geologlst Raester in 1888. The
Indians had known of the stone for
generations by tradition as the thunder
stone, " and said it had fallen from the
sky. They were accustomed to visit it.
where it lay partially buried in the earth,
to whet their knives and arrow points
upon its sides, believing that their
weapons thereby acquired magic power.
An analysis Of its composition shows il
to consist in parts Iron SS.7S, nickel
1918, cobalt 1874. and the remainder
bronzite. which contains silica. alumina
protoxide of iron, protoXide of manganese,
and traces of magnesia, soda, potash and
chromium. The stone is extremely hard
and takes fine polish. New York sun.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-12-23

The ceremonies for death and burial
are alike for men and women. In the
hour of death the face is turned towards
Mecca or Jerusalem, and when the final
moment comes the women of the harem,
in regular succession. send forth shrill
falsetto cries that rend the air and make
the nerves culver. This cry brings to
the home the women of the village, who
join in the lament for the dead. All are
dressed in soiled, dark blue robes, and
have faces, hands, breasts and even the
walls of the house daubed with indigo.
They unbraid their hair, and often pluck
it out and lash themselves into frenzy.
Among the rich the clothing Of the dead
is strewn about the room, and the dishes
and ornaments broken with great noise.
Before the chill of death has fallen upon
the inanimated form it must be carried
to the tomb. The mourners follow the
bier, which is covered with a cashmere
shawl and carried on the shoulders of
men. All are in soiled garments, with
coarse cloth on the head.
The night following the burial, the
men pass the hours with friends. smok-
r. and drinking coffee, calm and re-
signed to destiny; the women spend the
night in wailing and shrieking. On GER
tam days the mother bewails her dead
through the years. and on the festivals
of the dead, families take their provis-
ions and shawls and spend the night at
the graves of their relations. After the
death of husband the widow must re-
main in the house year, with all the
covering of the furniture wrong side out,
and the mirrors and ornaments covered
She does not offer refreshments to visit
ors, and the pipes are without their
mouthpieces, and she must have, at
stated times, professional walters TO per-
form in the house. The women beau
tify themselves by tattooing the face
and breast; Coptic women have cross
OF star tattooed on the arm. Lips are
stained dark purple, and finger nails
and palms of the hands are colored
orange with henna. Women of every
class put a black rim under the eye,
made with kohl, which is not injurious
and besides lending size and force to the
eye. gives it shade from light.-Alexan-
dria Cor. Milwaukee Sentinel.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-12-23
The Salmon of Kamschatka.

Hundreds of salman were in sight, alb
solutely touching one another, and as we
crossed the river our horses nearly stepped
upon them. Their back fins We're visible
as far as We could see the stream. and
aground and Sasping in the shadows and
lying dead or dying upon the banks were
hundreds more. The odor from these
decaying fish was distinctly perceptible
at distance of a couple of hundred yards
OF more. In weight these salmon varied
from seven to fifteen and even twenty
pounds. They We're, for the most part.
foul fish-blotchy, with patches of red
and white. and the kind known by the
Russians as the Garbusa: but others
in fair condition We're to be found. and
with little trouble / was able to pull out
three good ten pound fish in as many
minutes with GAIT. Any other method
of fishing would have been useless. 1t
would have been nearly impossible to
make a cast without foul hooking a fish,
and nine-tenths or more of them were in
an UNBEATABLE condition. The Cruise of
the Marchesa.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-12-23

Hashish is superseding morphine and
vaporized ether, it is said. in the affection
of the Partisan dilettanti drunkards.
They have founded Hashish club on the
Rue st. Michel, whore they meet every
Friday. The amount of the drug which
each shall take is prescribed by doctor,
and the dose is prepared by chemist,
both members of the club. 1t is taken in
pills, and not chewed, drunken or
smoked, as are the Oriental fashions.
Each of the members is bound to describe
to the others, either in writing or verb
ally, his sensations as the drug gains in
fluence over him.-New York Sun.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-12-23
ADVI TO MOTHERS.

Are you disturbed AT night and broken OF
your rest by II sick child suffering and crying
with pain OF cutting teeth: Ii so, send mt
once and get II bottle of MRS. WINsLOw's
SOOTHING SYRUP FOR CHILDREN TEETHING.
Its value j. incaculable. 1t will relieve the
poor little sufferer Immediately. Depend up
on it, mothers, there is no mistake about it,
1t cures dysentery and diarrhpa, regulates
the stomach and bowels, cures wini collie,
sottens the gums, reduces Inflammation and
gives tone and energy to the whole system.
MRS. WINsLOw's SOOTHING SYRUP FOR chill
DREN TEETHING is pleasant to the taste, and
is the prescription of one OF the oldest and
best female nurses and physicians in the Uni
ted States. aud il tor sale by all druggists
throughout the world Price III cents n bot
le. 4l-ly
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-12-23
A New Missionary Movement.

Orthodox Christians will watch with
interest, and perhaps alarm, the new mis-
sionary movement in Germany. So
called advanced theologlans have a well
organized society, whose object is to
make use of the elements of culture and
morality that are found in educated
heather nations. and on this basis build
up Christian culture according to ad-
vanced ideas. This society thinks that
the old methods fail in that they do not
interest the thinkers among educated
Christian people. 1t has 1850 mem
bers in Switzerland and Germany, and
has few men at work in Japan and
China. York Sun.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-12-23

California has some big orchards. and
the largest Is in the Suisun valley and is
owned by A. 7. Hatch. president of the
California Fruit union. Mr.. Hatch has
200 acres in pear trees, 1870 in peaches.
20 in apricots, 10 in nectarines, 21O in
almonds, 40 in cherries, 100 h plums
and prunes, besides 40 acres of currants
and gooseberries, and hundreds of lemon
and orange trees. OF these acres 300
bore fruit this season to the amount of
1000 tons, which brought the owner
100000. He calculates that when the
whole orchard is in full bearing it will
produce 5000 tons of fruit, worth $780,
000.-Chicago News.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-12-23
Experiments with the Edelyyeiss

The Kolnische Nolkszeitung calls at.
tention to the experiments which are be-
ing made to make the edelweiss grow
among the Riesengebirge of Bohemia. 1t
seems that similar experiments have been
for a considerable time in course of trial
in the Eifel, especially among the ruined
castles of Nurburg, not only with edel-
weiss, but also with other rare Alpine
plants. But it is question whether the
plant is not changing its character and
being transformed in fact, into a new
species. Such transformation has oc-
CURED in the mountains of upper Aus
tria, where, also an attempt was made
to acclimatize the edelweiss. The plant
throve. but it has lost its beautiful ermine
like bloom, and is no longer white, but
red
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-12-23
Facts Concerning Sponges.

The Mediterranean sponges are taken
in the Grecian archipelago by men in
diving suits, who go into much deeper
water than they do in Florida There
most of them are taken with graphing
irons, in the same way as oysters.
They can be seen with the eve on the
bottom, clinging to the rocks. When one
is dislodged another grows in its place in
from six months to year. A great
many are also taken in the Bahamas.
The market for that crop is Nassau. New
Providence. Key West is the market for
the Florida sponges, which are taken all
along the coast. Trieste and London are
the markets for the Mediterranean
sponges. Some are taken off the coast of
China.
I'VE had one once said a dealer.
"that inclosed a large jug. 1t was fine
sponge and had grown completely around
the jug. They are frequently full of
Shells When sponge is first taken out
of the water it is as black as ink, and it
has to be treated by various processes un-
til it becomes the color commonly seen.
"a sponge is the lowest order of ami
NAL life, if, indeed. it is animal and not
vegetable. A number of minute animals
live in it. The business is about half a
century old in this country. Sponges are
sold by the bale in this country, and by
the case in Europe. They weigh from
twenty-five to 100 pounds.
"When sold by weight the dealers are
allowed to sand them about 2j per cent.
Prices range from $40 to $50, the larger
sum for very fine toilet sponges. There
are many grades, such as silk, velvet,
cup, glass, bath, surgeon and slate. -
New York Mail and Express.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-12-23

As remedy for dissipation the Turk
ish bath is sometimes an important factor
in social life. Not long since the Youth
full hope of Murray Hill family had an
important engagement at IL O'Clock in
the morning. 1t was, in fact, no less
than a wedding at church. with himself
as the groom. At $3.50 O'Clock he was
scarcely sober enough to summon de-
voted friend to his room. where he told
him how he had been enticed into an
over indulgence the night before and led
into dissipation that had lasted until
morning. He had not even dared to go
to sleep lest he should oversleep himself,
and had reached his house at 8 o'clock.
with brain so befuddled that he could
scarcely manage to tell his friend that it
was liquor that had upset him. Fortu-
nately the man he had summoned knew
what a Turkish bath would do. In ten
minutes the young fellow was beginning
process of heating and cooling and
pounding and kneading and rubbing, out
of which he emerged at 1890 an entirely
new man. His wedding suit meanwhile
had been brought to the bath house. and
at II o'clock he marched into the church
with the suppleness of an athlete and the
firm tread of a soldier. 1t was a close
shave. and he made any number of good
resolves by way of penance.-New York
Tribune
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-12-23
People from the Poles,

The Swedish count, NJ. Bjornstjerna,
suggested more than forty years ago, in
a book on The Theogony of the Hin
docs, that, as both poles must have
been cooled, to a suitable temperature at
the same time. the earth might have
been peopled from the north pole with its
white races and from the south pole with
its colored races. Chicago News.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-12-23

Policeman (late at night Here, my
friend, what are you cooling your eye at
that keyhole for?
His Friend (warningly)-Sh m wife is
(hic) on the other side of thish keyhole,
an I've got to (hic) tell her that fool
story bout Peter Piper pickin'a (hic)
pick O. picked peppers or stay out all
(hic) night \. Y. sun.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-12-23

NON>N trihe with any Throat or
OON Lung Disease. If you have
a Cough or Cold, or the children are
threatened with Group or Whooping Cough,
use Acker's English Remedy and prevent
further trouble. 1t is a positive cure,
and we guarantee it. Price 10 and SOC
L. HANAFORD, Druggist, Middlebury.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-12-23

Brown Ito Robinson, who is reading
telegram with a look of anguish on his
face)-Whats the matter, old fellow?
Somebody dead?
Robinson crushing telegram with
both hands)-No; somebody alive,
b'thunder. Twins IN. Y. Sun.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-12-23

A movement is in progress in New
York for the erection of a crematory
wherein bodies may be mcinerated by
electricity. The invention is the device
of a Sicilian.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-12-23

There are now in use 10000 nautical
miles of cable. Nine cables connect Eu-
rope and America.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-12-23

There is no limit to the age at which a
man may make fool of himself. Good
Housekeeping.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-02-02
A Wes. Afrienn relorrnnh.

Amid tho throng of canoes that come
crowding around us as usual appear three
or four big aristocratic boats manned by
twenty or thirty natives apiece, and rooted
in amidships with the awning of brown
mating which proclaims them to be the
property of chief. One of these black
magnates-a rather good looking young
fellow, with features almost as regular as
those of European-comes on board,
and is presented to us by the somewhat
original title of David Fine-C Country
As the boats circle to and fro there
arises from them a weird, monotonous
music like tho distant beating of drum.
This is produced by a kind of rude har-
monium formed of thin Stats of wood
nailed upon rough framework, and
played with two short sticks. This
curious contrlvance is telegraph us well
as a musical instrument, every note being
a signal unintelligible to outsiders. In
this way twonatiyes can hold a conversa-
tion at considerable distance, and a
negro trader aboard one of the floating
'.hulks'' can signal to his agents on shore
The huge wooden drums of the Duallas,
on the Cameroons river, are used in a
similar way.-Bonny (West Africa Cor.
New York Times.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-02-02
THE RArs OF new YoRK.
ssnllon. OF tho Pest. a. wor,. An 0ss'

Millions of the Pests at Work All Over
the City-Property Endangered.
1t is safe to say that there is not now a
building in the city not infested with
Norwegian rats. All the cats and human
rat catollers can at best but destroy an
insignificant proportion of them. As a
matter of fact, the brown Norwegian rat
is so big and fierce that aif ordinary cat
is no match for him. and no cat possess
ing the usual instinct of representation
will beard "a cellarful of these rodents as
big as himself. Most of the uptown hotels
keep all the way from dozen to 100 cats
i'll their cellars, and even this number is
insufficient to keep their active foes from
penetrating to the rooms, destroying fur
niture and making timid people think
that burglars are 'ta-bursling.
The most serious aspect of the rat ques-
New York's billion OF Norwegian rats
are all the time burro,ving beneath the
foundations of buildings, eating into pill
lars and supports and thus actually en-
danGeFing life and property. And the
more they are driven from the houses
themselves the greater the danger, for
the rats, driven by ferrets, weasels, poison
and cats from the living portions of q
house, take to the cellars, the sewers and
the great subterranean world of mold and
filth. Here they are not molested and
here they burrow and mine until more
than one splendid edifice Is to-day liable
to topple and collapse.
A six story building uptown was few
months ago condemned as unsafe be-
canse one side of the structure had dam
gerously settled. When the worklnen
who tore down the house reached the
cellar they found it literally paved with
Eats, and it took an entire day to- drown
them cut by the.use of hose and fire
hydrant. Then it was revealed that the
rats had so buTowed under the supports
IN order to get at a provision warehouse
the other side of the supporting wall
that the brick had given way and eansed
the wall to fall.
IF the streets and sidewalks of New
York could be- suddenly removed like
cover to box and the underground
world revealed" said a well-lnown
builder, 1.-THE sight would not only appal,
but alarm eyerv house owner and
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-02-02
An Experiment. with MIX.

Those tIairyII4cn who do not believe IN
the power of milk rapidly TO absorb and
become contaminated by surrounding
noxious smells will do well 0try the fol-
lowing simple test, the results of which
will, doubtless, Immediately convince tho
most skeptical: Take wide bowl or
soup plato 10 the cow stable when you
go to milk pour into It a pint Of fresh
milk, set 1t on the floor or ut the height
Of a milk stool, so as to expose IL fully to
Che aiF of the stable. behind and close to-
the cows. If the day is cIosc and heavy
and the milk is cold and the stable NOT
cleaned out and aired the result will bo
surprising. Take It to the house or any
whcrc away from the stable and try 10
drink it.-New Orleans Times-D Democrat,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-02-02
How Victoria Was named.

Considering the '.strained relations
with Russia which have marked the
whole course of the queens reign it is re-
markable that her first name, Alexnn-
drina, should have been conferred upon
her in honor of the then reigning czar,
OF whom the Duke of Kent was an ad-
mirer, and who was our faithful and
close ally. 1t was in the Castlereagh
period of our foreign policy George "
was to have contributed another name,
Georgiana. But Georgiana AleSandrina
would have deprived the emperor of the
place of precedence, and '.Alcxandrina
Georgiana" would have derogated from
the claims of the name borne by the ac-
tual king of England and all his Hano-
verian predecessors. The name of the
queens mother was therefore substituted
for that of her uncle. In the commence
princess she was called A1cxandrina Vic
toirc. but the second name was speedily
Anglicized or Latinized into Victoria.
a little before William IV's death
there was some futtcr among official
people as to the designation under which
the queen expcctant should be proclaimed
and should remain, and Lord Campbell,
then Sir John Campbell and attorney gem
eral, represents himself as having decided
this matter, III conjunction with Charles
Greville and Lord Lyndhurst as represent
ing the opposition. in favor of the baptis-
NAL names for the proclamation, leavingit
to the queen to choose afterward tho name
under which she should reign. Among
other absurd suggestions there was one
that she should be styled Elizabeth II.
The assumption apparently was that her
majesty was always to remain a maiden
queen, with perhaps Lord Melbourne for
her Leicester, Lord John Russell for her
Essex, and Sir John Campbell for her Sir
Francis Bacon! The fates happily have
otherwise determined. But it is
curious to think that but for chance or
caprice or good sense we might now be
preparing for the jubilee, not Of Queen
Victoria, but of Queen Alexandrina or
Queen Georgiana-Ip put Queen Elizabeth
III out of the question. on.-London World.